TORTRICINA [RUCOSMA 



25. E. purpurana, Hw. 16-19 mm. Head and thorax pinkish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched; whitish- 

 ochreous, irrorated with darker or brownish, and reticulated 

 throughout with light crimson-rosy. Hind wings light grey. 



S. England to Pembroke and Norfolk, E. Ireland, local ; 

 C. Europe ; 6, 7. Larva yellow-whitish ; head reddish-brown ; 

 plate of 2 pale ochreous : on roots of Sonchus arvensis and 

 Taraxacum ; 5, 6. 



26. E. mygindana, Schif. (flammeana, Hb. ; fulvipunctana, 

 Hw.) 16-19 mm. Head and thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Forewings rather dark purplish-fuscous, reticulated throughout 

 with ferruginous or ferruginous-brown ; central fascia some- 

 times distinctly denned. Hind wings grey, in $ darker. 



Kent, Norfolk, Lancashire to Sutherland, W. Ireland, local ; 

 N. and G. Europe, Asia Minor ; 6, 7. Larva dark red ; head 

 black : on Vaccinium, Myrica, and Arctostaphylos ; 4, 5. 



27. E. schulziana, F. 18-24 mm. Forewings shining 

 whitish, irregularly striated with ferruginous - red, with some 

 leaden-grey marks before and beyond middle, costa blackish- 

 marked; basal patch partly ferruginous -red, edge angulated, 

 indented below angle ; central fascia, a transverse dorsal spot 

 beyond it, and a subapical fascia ferruginous-red, black-sprinkled ; 

 cilia barred. Hindwings grey, in <j? darker. 



Surrey, Hants, Stafford to the Shetlands, N. and E. Ireland, 

 common northwards on moors ; N. and C. Europe ; 7, 8. 



28. E. palustrana, Z. 13-15 mm. Forewings whitish, 

 striated or posteriorly reticulated with pale ferruginous-ochreous, 

 costa black-marked ; basal patch with edge obliquely sinuate, 

 central fascia narrowed on dorsum and with posterior projection 

 below middle, a triangular praetornal spot, and subapical fascia 

 with anterior edge angulated in middle ferruginous much 

 marked with black, especially in $ . Hindwings rather dark 

 grey. 



Scotland to Ross, local ; N. and C. Europe ; 6, 7. 



29. E. rivnlana, Sc. (conchana, Hb.) 15-18 mm. Forewings 

 with termen faintly sinuate ; whitish, striated with brown and 

 grey ; a sinuate fascia limiting basal patch, central fascia with 

 posterior indented prominence in middle, subtriangular prae- 

 tornal spot, straight subapical fascia, and triangular apical spot 

 trif urcate on costa ferruginous - brown more or less sprinkled 

 with black. Hindwings light grey. 



Britain to Perth, N. and E. Ireland, locally plentiful; N. 

 and C. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. America ; 7. Larva dull 



